Test 5 · ★ · Copying and peeking in tests
Ella's mate: «just peek at Mia's sheet, she's always right». What is the wise answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Mia, wise answer · What happens: peek, be
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Ella's mate: «just peek at Mia's sheet, she's always right».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ella | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 peek | vocative |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 peek | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 peek | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 peek | advmod |
| 7 | peek | peek | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 sheet | case |
| 9 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sheet | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Mia | case |
| 11 | sheet | sheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 peek | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 right | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 right | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 right | cop |
| 15 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 16 right | advmod |
| 16 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 peek | parataxis |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 right | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 peek | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peek in a quote | imperative | you not said here | at Mia's sheet; Ella's mate vocative | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sheet=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Mia | always, right property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What is the wise answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Okay, if Mia doesn't see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 7 see | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Okay | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 4 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 see | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 see | advmod |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | present · do-support | Mia | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Okay, peeking isn't copying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 3 peeking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Okay | punct |
| 3 | peeking | peek | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 copying | csubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 copying | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 copying | advmod |
| 6 | copying | copy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peek | gerund | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not copy | present · progressive | peeking | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Okay, but only for the hard words I don't know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 8 words | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Okay | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 words | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 words | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 words | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 words | det |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 words | amod |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 know | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 know | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 know | advmod |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 words | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | I | the hard words not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, I'd rather get a low mark that's mine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 get | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 5 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mark | det |
| 8 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mark | amod |
| 9 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 's | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 mark | acl:relcl |
| 12 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 's | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | I | a low mark | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | be | present | a low mark | mine | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot my=Theme |
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